tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33476439.post5081738680084677785..comments2023-09-02T16:00:32.372+02:00Comments on my days and nights in the city of light: Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05668499644450303275noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33476439.post-67824249579170637422007-11-13T15:16:00.000+01:002007-11-13T15:16:00.000+01:00Hmmm... it's interesting on the work ethic, where...Hmmm... it's interesting on the work ethic, whereas I have had the opposite experience, coming from the point of view of an expat doing a service for the French: I go out of my way to prepare English lessons for little spoiled kids who talk back to me and don't take my lessons seriously, and then the parents forget to pay me for weeks... then MONTHS on end. Talk about "sans gĂȘne"!! Is it a French thing, do you think?! Because I would think that when you're doing a professional service for someone, whatever that may be, that they would show more respect... It drove me crazy for months, and now that I've finally been paid (four months later!) I don't think I want to go back again. It took me long enough to learn my lesson.The Late Bloomerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08337578942279132688noreply@blogger.com